Face (1997) Reviews

Back in the 90’s, Antonia Bird became noticed after directing ‘Priest’, a movie about a gay priest. 20 years later, I still haven’t seen this flick but I did manage to see this movie, her following directing effort which was also starring Robert Carlyle who was this time playing the lead. Back in those days, after breaking through with ‘Trainspotting’, Carlyle was one of the most interesting actors at work and it’s a shame his profile didn’t rise much and nowadays, he doesn’t make many movies and focus more on some TV work like ‘Stargate’ or ‘Once upon a time’. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though it was nothing really amazing, it was still a pretty solid and gloomy British crime flick. Basically, it is the old tale of some bank robbers who messed up one crucial job and even though it was not really original, it was very well made with some good performances by Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone. There was also an intriguing political sub-plot and the combination of the heist with some social realism was quite intriguing. To conclude, even though it is nowadays pretty much forgotten, it is actually pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.